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Giggle and Grow San Marcos

A licensed child care center in San Marcos, Texas 78666

2411 Hunter Rd, San Marcos, Texas 78666. (512) 392-3150.

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The short answer

Record last released by Texas HHSC on Oct 24, 2026.

The last 24 months 15 deficiencies in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited May 2026. Most serious: High. Every month

Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.

What these words mean5
Inspection (survey)
A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
Deficiency, citation, violation
What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
Texas’s risk levels
Texas gives each child care deficiency a risk level, by how likely it is to harm a child: Low, Medium Low, Medium, Medium High or High. High is its most serious. Source: Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation.
Licence status
Whether the state’s licence lets the place operate now, in the state’s own words: licensed, on probation (allowed to keep operating on conditions, after problems), provisional, pending or expired. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
Capacity
The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.

What did inspectors find?

15 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 124 child care providers in Hays County had 2.

10 inspections on record. The latest, on Jun 17, 2026: no violation found.

Rated High by Texas: Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months, at the inspection on May 28, 2026

Rated High by Texas: AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation, at the inspection on Feb 3, 2025

Rated High by Texas: Smoke Detectors Testing, at the inspection on Feb 3, 2025

1 more rated High; all are listed below.

Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.

When those deficiencies happened

15 deficiencies in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited May 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 2026.

15 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023 NovDec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct

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No visit on record Visited, nothing cited A stronger orange is more serious, on its source’s own levels, read onto four bands: from the least serious it publishes to the most
Source:

Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.

Each deficiency, in Texas’s words

Grouped by visit, newest first, with the risk level Texas gave it, from Low to High.

Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.

May 28, 2026: inspection6 deficiencies

  • Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months

    “The annual fire inspection was due on 5/1/2026.”

    Rule 746.5101(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 10, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 16, 2026.

  • Nutrition and Food Service - Follow Meal Patterns

    “The operation is not following the CACFP guidelines by only serving one food component for the morning and afternoon snacks.”

    Rule 746.3301(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 5, 2026. Correction verified: Jun 15, 2026.

  • Annual Sanitation Inspection

    “The annual sanitation inspection was due on 4/22/2026.”

    Rule 746.3401(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 10, 2026. Correction verified: Jul 7, 2026.

  • Employee Handwashing After Diapering a Child

    “A caregiver did not wash their hands after changing an infants diaper. This was corrected when the caregiver washed her hands.”

    Rule 746.3415(4). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 28, 2026. Correction verified: Jun 17, 2026.

  • Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Safety Documentation for Emergency Drills, Fire Extinguishers, & Smoke Detectors

    “The emergency practice log was not available for review.”

    Rule 746.801(10). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 5, 2026. Correction verified: Jun 15, 2026.

  • Documentation of Training Requirements - Original Training Certification Card or Letter in each Employee’s personnel record

    “Three caregivers were missing the training certificate for the required health and safety topics.”

    Rule 746.1329(a). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 5, 2026. Correction verified: Jun 15, 2026.

Jun 30, 2025: inspection4 deficiencies

  • Safety - Electrical Outlets Covered

    “The restroom used for stand up diaper changing in the 12-24 month group had two uncovered electrical outlets at the child’s level. This was corrected at inspection when the caregiver replaced the two missing outlet covers.”

    Rule 746.3701(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 30, 2025.

  • Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required

    “Four staff members were missing required annual training hours.”

    Rule 746.1309(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 8, 2025. Correction verified: Aug 19, 2025.

  • Written Feeding Instructions - Signed and Dated by Parent or Health-Care Professional

    “One infant in care did not have a feeding form available for review.”

    Rule 746.2421(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 7, 2025. Correction verified: Jul 7, 2025.

  • Children’s Records - Immunizations

    “One child’s record was missing an updated immunization record.”

    Rule 746.603(a)(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 14, 2025. Correction verified: Jul 16, 2025.

Feb 3, 2025: inspection3 deficiencies

  • AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation

    “One caregiver was present without an active background check. The caregiver left during the inspection.”

    Rule 745.641. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 3, 2025. Correction verified: Feb 10, 2025.

  • Smoke Detectors Testing

    “The smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors have not been inspected monthly.”

    Rule 746.5319. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 7, 2025. Correction verified: Feb 7, 2025.

  • Documentation of Drills

    “The fire drills, lock down drills, and sheltering drills have not been documented.”

    Rule 746.5205(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 7, 2025. Correction verified: Feb 7, 2025.

Jul 10, 2024: inspection1 deficiency

  • Required Immunizations

    “One child’s immunization record was not up-to-date.”

    Rule 746.613(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 19, 2024. Correction verified: Jul 23, 2024.

Feb 22, 2024: inspection1 deficiency

  • Fenced Outdoor Activity Space

    “The outdoor fence height measured in various areas between 3 ft. 3 in. and 3 ft. 11 in.”

    Rule 746.4305. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 1, 2024. Correction verified: Feb 27, 2024.

All 10 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Jun 17, 2026InspectionNo violation found
May 28, 2026Inspection6 deficiencies cited
Dec 15, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Jun 30, 2025Inspection4 deficiencies cited
Feb 3, 2025Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Jul 10, 2024Inspection1 deficiency cited
May 17, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Apr 4, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Feb 27, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Feb 22, 2024Inspection1 deficiency cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Aug 1, 2024.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 74 children.
Source:

Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.

Has Texas acted against it?

  • No corrective or adverse action by Texas on record.
  • 0 reports to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were .
Source:

Texas HHSC, child care operations and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.

Who does the caring?

  • Texas doesn’t publish staffing levels for individual providers. State rules set staff-to-child ratios by age.

Who owns it?

  • Texas’s open data doesn’t list owners.

How is it rated?

  • Texas Rising Star: 3-Star (the middle of three levels).
Source:

Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 124 child care providers in Hays County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 15.
Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.

11 of the 124 in Hays County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Kids of the Kingdom12
Little Lambs Learning Center5
Smcisd Child Development Center4
Blanca GonzalezNot given
First United Methodist Day School and Afterschool3
A. Washington Child Development Center1
Blanco Vista Eac YMCA0
Paloma Montessori School4
First Step Inc.1
William Crook Child Development Center1
Wonderland School Day Care11
Giggle and Grow San Marcos This child care provider15

What the record doesn’t say

  • Texas doesn’t publish whether a complaint was substantiated.
  • Texas rates some paperwork slips as High risk, so read what was actually cited.
  • Texas doesn’t publish staffing levels or owners for individual providers.

Sources

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Source:

This copy of the record was made on Oct 24, 2026.

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

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